Professional Learning Seminar Series
Five from Five offers two free professional learning seminars. They are available either as scheduled webinars that anyone interested in reading instruction is welcome to attend. They are also available for schools to book for whole staff professional learning, either as a videoconference workshop or, depending on location, in schools.
Seminar 1: The Science of Reading: Essential Knowledge for Teachers
Seminar 2: Deep Dive into Systematic Synthetic Phonics
Details and registration links are below.
Seminar 1
The Science of Reading: Essential Knowledge for Teachers
- 90-minute information session for teachers and school-based professionals
- Insight into key research concepts and findings behind the Science of Reading
- Delivered by specialists in reading instruction, with content development led by Dr Jennifer Buckingham
- Offered as a public event or via school-based bookings
- Community education initiative of MultiLit
Who should attend
This seminar is suitable for F-6 classroom and specialist teachers, school executive, and support staff as it examines the development of students from beginning to skilled readers.
What the seminar covers
This information session is designed to give teachers and other school-based professionals an introduction to the evidence base supporting effective reading instruction methods that will help all children learn to read.
The session examines:
- The multidisciplinary basis of Science of Reading
- The differences between code-based and whole language instruction
- The five keys of evidence-based literacy instruction
- Key research-based models and concepts in reading acquisition including the Simple View of Reading and the Reading Brain
- The latest research on synthetic phonics instruction
Delivery mode
Presentations are available to schools via videoconference or on-site, depending on availability and travel restrictions. Delivered in a 90-minute format, this seminar is ideal for schools who would like to learn more about the theoretical and scientific evidence for best practice reading instruction.
Seminar 2
Deep Dive into Systematic Synthetic Phonics
- 120-minute information session for teachers and school-based professionals
- Gain insight into the alphabetic code and evidence-based instruction in automatic word reading
- Delivered by specialists in reading instruction, with content development led by Dr Jennifer Buckingham
- Offered as a public event or via school-based bookings
- Community education initiative of MultiLit
To gain meaning from print, students need accurate and fluent word recognition combined with good language comprehension. Systematic synthetic phonics, as part of a comprehensive program of instruction that includes all five ‘keys’ to reading, is the most efficient method to teach all students skilled word recognition. Educators need a strong understanding of how the English alphabetic code translates language from print to speech and vice versa, and how to best teach this knowledge to beginning and low progress readers. This seminar does a deep dive into code-based instruction, using the scientific evidence base to provide valuable information about teaching principles and practices.
Who should attend
This seminar is suitable for F-6 classroom and specialist teachers, school executive, and support staff as it examines the development of students from beginning to skilled readers.
What the seminar covers
This information session is designed to give teachers and other school-based professionals practical information and advice regarding effective reading instruction in word recognition that will help all children learn to read.
The session examines:
- The research basis for systematic synthetic phonics
- Approaches to phonics – not all phonics instruction is equally effective
- Key concepts of the alphabetic principal
- Orthographic mapping
- Instructional strategies to maximise learning
- Characteristics of high quality systematic synthetic phonics programs
- Systematic synthetic phonics in practice within the Response to Intervention model
Delivery mode
Presentations are available to schools via videoconference or on-site, depending on availability and travel restrictions. Delivered in a 120-minute format, this seminar is ideal for schools who would like to learn more about the alphabetic code and how to deliver instruction using evidence-based methods for beginning and low progress readers.
